by Trish Springsteen | Oct 9, 2011 | Business, Communication, Women in Business
It’s Monday morning and I’ve just spend an hour deciphering, decoding and deleting a pile of emails; very few of which were of importance in either my professional or my personal life.It is really incredible how this insidious means of communication has stolen in and...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 3, 2011 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Women in Business
Or … Making Group Discussions Really Work.Simon was looking particularly glum when I bumped into him recently, and it didn’t take long to find out the problem. He had been detailed to lead the monthly get together at work; to receive reports on progress,...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 1, 2011 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
It’s the *shudder* old myth again!! Pundits propounding in print about the unimportance of the ‘words’ we use to convey our message. And yet, here we are – together; me at my place and you at yours and all the gestures and body language in the world is not going...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 21, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
One of our projects is highlighting the differences between the styles of communication that are used by men and women. Usually it all goes well until we start with the academic words used to describe the differences between the genders.Words like...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 4, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
I noticed Barry about half way through the Barbecue; while everyone else was waving glasses in the air, punctuating their conversation with highly visible visuals, he was standing alone, alongside a large pot plant, looking like he was going to disappear behind it any...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 25, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
Last time, we looked at the types of relationships that we develop within a working community, and how our communication and expectations of that communication change.The working environment is built on relationships of varying degrees of intimacy, and a variety of...
